Nordstahl @Nordstahl@social.cleverlibre.org

Hey, this is pretty cool.

"A small group of regional/local #Mastodon admins are putting together a list of place-based instances and could use your help."

Check it out:

https://masto.town/doku.php?id=start

As long as I had the Takahashi 60 on the mount, I figured out a fairly good as-is use for it. I chose a target that was the right size to allow me to crop away the edges with the most stretched stars. This is M45, the Pleiades. I can't frame it all in my 152 anyway, so it was nice to get every bit of it.

"Do you know the saying, 'There are no atheists in foxholes'? I think that there’s no #FreeSpeechAbsolutists who run #SocialNetworks, because you start to realize the nuance of that #PublicSquare and the responsibilities to the users and society, and the fact that it’s a lot messier." -#Tumblr CEO #MattMullenweg (#WordPress, #Automattic, etc)

#dogsofmastodon #dogstadon #dogs

I’ll never understand how an entire generation that’s addicted to porn needs a fucking content warning on anything.

@jerlich @jerlich@qoto.org I would@be bored to tears if I only ever saw people post about science. Seeing people talk about real life (hobbies, family, travel) is one of the joys of social media. Bring it all!

Sunrise over Lake Superior

I've been photographing this little island for over 15 years. It never gets old. This shot from 2012 is one of my favorites.

The water levels constantly change & currently are 18 inches higher than when I took this photo. According to the U.S. Army Corps, on Superior one inch of water is equal to ~550 billion gallons of water. That means that Superior currently has about 9.9 trillion more gallons of water in it now.

#photography #LandscapePhotography #Minnesota

I remember that the final blow that broke the friendship with my former best friend was the banning of Trump on Twitter lol!

He was pissed on Twitter because they blocked Trump and I said something like: "Finally" and he blocked me after that haha!

He's a 'free speech' person but can't handle any 'speech' against him it seems. Recently he tried to reestablish contact since Mastodon blew up on Twitter but I declined! "Take your BS somewhere else, ain't got time for you"

With masks even more important these days, allow me to introduce you to Aaron Collins, the self-proclaimed "mask nerd". He has assembled a comprehensive database on all mask types, which ones are best, and which ones to avoid.
https://youtu.be/WE5Uo3F2TdU
#MaskNerd #AaronCollins #MasksWork #Tridemic

It’s my birthday today

Wanted to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has shown me kindness this year

I remember it. I cherish it all

Wishing you and your families health and happiness this holiday season ♥️

Love,
Lindy

Lonely…hating the thought of Christmas….and Facebook delights in telling me how wonderful my life used to be when I lived in London, had a breathtaking beautiful girlfriend and not a care in the world 😪😞

Winter PSA

Contrary to the lyrics in a popular Xmas song, the snowman does in fact NOT bring the snow.

The snowman is made FROM snow.

That said, The Snowman (1982) brings joy, sadness & an understandingly of the harsh fragility of life.

#PSA #TheSnowman #Christmas #Xmas #snow

Well. I'm an old guy with tattoos, so I am silent on the subject.

How do we know he wasn't injected with Fentanyl to subdue easily and ended up killing him in cold blood. Another reason drugs are often laced with fentanyl especially in a matter of conflict between the two parties. He didn't die from Fentanyl,

He died from two police officers slamming their body weight from their kneecaps on to his neck. Over $20? Cops are murdering people (read Black people) over $20? His life was worth less to society than a twenty dollar bill. They're not telling us the entire story. I think it was a murder/coverup that's what my gut tells me

Ponies presentation .
Earlier this month I read from, and chatted about, my book. The video and slideshow is now on YouTube, link below.
The Ponies at the Edge of the World tells the story of #Shetland ponies and the people who love them. Based on my PhD research and journey to live in Shetland, it reflects on how our relationships with others, human, animal and #landscapes, affect how we feel at home in a place #anthropology #horses #Scotland #naturewriting #nature
https://youtu.be/un9vSpVtNCQ

Musk: “It’s mean and oppressive to others to expect them to identify you in a way I’m not already 100% familiar with!!!”

Also Musk: “My son’s name is X Æ A-12.”

I completely disagree with Jack Dorsey here, and I wonder how he even finds this notion to be defensible.

No, I don't want snuff films or abusive content to be permanently on the Internet.

I....am not finding Mastodon that hard to use.

FediFinder helped me find/follow many folks I followed on Twitter.

Following hashtags has helped me find subject matter important to me -- and folks similarly aligned.

But maybe I'm doing this wrong. I dunno. (I don't think I'm doing this wrong.)

#TwitterMigration
#fediverse